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Queer, Arab, and Onstage After Orlando by Brian Schaefer

Two weeks ago, members of the Lebanese indie-pop band Mashrou' Leila took the stage in front of a packed crowd at the Music Hall of Williamsburg, wearing a flamboyant yet minimal uniform of black sequinned shirts. They were in Brooklyn to kick off a month-long tour of the United States promoting their recently released fourth album, "Ibn El Leil," Arabic for "Son of the Night," which explores the escapism of Beirut's…

SOURCE: The New Yorker at 06:58PM on June 23, 2016

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